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Starring Riteish Deshmukh and Nargis Fakhri, the musical tale Banjo directed by Ravi Jadhav, is set to hit theaters on September 23rd.

First, to set the scene, check out the trailer

The film is even more than the trailer lets us see according to Nargis, who says it is a romance, a drama, an adventure and so much more! The actress talked to Stacey about her character, the heart of Banjo and her thoughts on being an actress in a wonderful, fun, cool and very open conversation. Read on!

What was it that attracted you to this role and this film?

First off, the girl was from New York so I was like ‘Oh Yeah! Hell Yeah!’ That is me right there! It was a combination of things for sure, the character being from New York and being a music student and being a DJ. When I heard the story...

Winners of Indian Television Academy (Ita) Awards 2015:

Best Romantic Actor (Male): Karan Patel for Yeh Hai Mohabbatein Best Newcomer (Female): Radhika Madan for Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi Best show: Saath Nibhana Sathiya Most stylish Male in reality series: Gautam Gulati for Bigg Boss 8 Best Show Comedy: Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chasma Rishtey Naate Award: Sasural Simar Ka Popular choice (Male): Karan Mehra for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Popular choice Female: Hina Khan for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Best Negative role (Female): Anita Hassanandani for Yeh Hai Mohabbatein Desh Ka Beta award: Sidharth Nigam for Asoka Desh Ki Beti (Female): Spandar Chaturvedi for Udaan Best Entertainer Of The Year: Manish Paul...

Nowadays films with extraordinary stories are becoming hugely popular with the audience. Movies like Ship of Theseus and The Lunch Box have been credited for not only being critically acclaimed but also commercially successful.

People in the movie business feel that today masala movies and unconventional films are co-existing and it is a very good sign for cine business.

“The Indian audience is extremely intelligent. They are mature and capable of handling anything. At a time when Dabangg became a hit, Tanu Weds Manu was a hit as well,” said actor R. Madhavan reports Ians.

Trade analyst Komal Nahta pointed out that cinemas, multiplexes and business models are changing. All kinds of films run because there are small-capacity multiplexes and one thousand people are not needed to fill up a show.

“The audience wants to see good films. That is what makes them do well. People are opening out because...

It was not a year for the classic Bollywood comedy but still we got several giggles, even some guffaws and truly Laughed Out Loud with some of the films this year. 2011 saw David Dhawan’s son Rohit make his debut with Desi Boys, both Aamir Khan with Delhi Belly and Madhur Bhandarkar with Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji, attempted the comedy genre as producer and director respectively. The Deol family came together again in Yamla Pagla Deewana to deliver a hit and Yash Raj even managed to give us a couple of funny features with Mere Brother Ki Dulhan and Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge proving to be popular. We not only polled our team we also took into account the scores the films got on IMDb!

So here’s our top 10 funniest films of 2011

10. Ready

Salman Khan’s first release of the year had high expectations following 2010′s smash hit Dabangg!

A behind the scenes look into the contemporary world of Bollywood movies and Bollywood stars. What?s hot, what?s not; how things work and who are the people pushing the buttons that make it work.–Udita Jhunjhunwala

The last few years have seen a surge in independent films with modest budgets and actors, as opposed to stars, in their cast making waves in Bollywood. Examples would stretch back to Khosla Ka Ghosla and forwards to Love, Sex Aur Dhokha, Udaan and last month?s release Shor in the City.

Shor in the City

The constrained budget of these films leaves limited resources for publicity and promotions. The producers certainly do not have surplus funds to ?buy? media and thereby influence public opinion. Over the last few years the trend has been for the directors and producers of these films to host multiple private screenings of their films weeks before release.

I Am Kalam, director Nila Madhab Panda’s feature film debut will open the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) 2011. The 9th edition of the festival announced its line up with 13 feature films, 6 documentaries and 13 short films.

Walt Disney Pictures’ Zokkomon (World Premiere), written and directed by debutant Satyajit Bhatkal will be the closing film of the festival.

The “Bollywood By Night” series will screen three popular titles: Kiran Rao’s Dhobhi Ghat, Maneesh Sharma’s Band Bajaa Baaraat and S. Shankar’s The Robot.

The festival will take place at ArcLight Hollywood through April 12-17.

Iffla 2011 Program (complete program as stated in press release)

Feature Films

Opening Night Gala

I Am Kalam

India- Los Angeles Premiere

Director: Nila Madhab Panda

Hindi (English subtitles)

Closing Night Gala

Zokkomon

India- World Premiere

Director: Satyajit Bhatkal

Hindi (English subtitles)

I Am… (Director: Onir)

India- Los Angeles Premiere

I Am… paints a...

It's only the story and the script that decides the fate of a movie at the ticket window, feels actor R. Madhavan, adding that the spate of small budget films that did well did so because of a good story line. 'I think it's just a coincidence that all the films that did well were small budget films. But no one is saying that all those films were also great stories or they were also great cinemas. If the big films had good stories, they would have worked as much as the small films have,' Madhavan told Ians in an interview. He feels some stories don't need big budget. ''Udaan' is meant only to be made at Rs.3 crore budget. You cannot make 'Udaan' for Rs.30 crore and expect to recover Rs.35 crore even if Shah Rukh Khan did it. It's meant, made, positioned correctly,...

Akshay Kumar is an actor who makes great moolah for his producers and distributors without having the suffix Khan after his name. Over the years the Akshay has went on to give hits after hits and made a name for himself from an action hero to an actor who has a very good flair for comedy. Now as he has turned producer his choices of making films are no longer guided by how much money it will be collecting at the end of the day.At the music launch of the film Patiala House the 43 year old actor said he is no longer concerned about how much the movie will be making, but instead wants to produce and do films that he can feel good about. Kumar goes on to say that he has immensely enjoyed working in the film and hope that with this film he can offer something new to his audience.